Muscular System Flashcards
The following are functions of skeletal muscle except:
A. temperature
B. micturition
C. movement
D. posture
B. micturition
Skeletal muscle is enclosed by a thin layer of connective tissue called:
A. Perimysium
B. Endomysium
C. Epimysium
C. Epimysium
Small bundle of skeletal muscle fibers are surrounded by:
A. Perimysium
B. Endomysium
C. Epimysium
A. perimysium
Each muscle fiber is enclosed by:
A. Perimysium
B. Endomysium
C. Epimysium
B. endomysium
Best characterizes cardiac muscles:
A. involuntary, striated
B. voluntary, striated
C. voluntary, nonstriated
D. involuntary, nonstriated
A. involuntary, striated
It is innervated by the ANS but contracts spontaneously without any nerve supply:
A. Skeletal muscle
B. cardiac muscle
C. smooth muscle
B. cardiac muscle
Are fibrous bands of dense connective tissue that connect muscles to bones/cartilage
A. tendons
B. ligaments
C. raphe
D. aponeuroses
A. tendons
Fibrous bands that connect bones to bones/cartilage:
A. tendons
B. ligaments
C. raphe
D. aponeuroses
B. ligaments
It is the line of union of symmetrical structures by a fibrous or tendinous band:
A. tendons
B. ligaments
C. raphe
D. aponeuroses
C. raphe
Are flat fibrous sheets or expanded broad tendons that attach to muscles; serves as means of origin or insertion of a flat muscle:
A. tendons
B. ligaments
C. raphe
D. aponeuroses
D. aponeuroses
A fibrous band that holds a structure in place in the region of joints:
A. retinaculum
B. bursae
C. synovial tendon sheaths
D. fascia
A. retinaculum
Fluid-filled flattened sacs of synovial membrane that facilitate movements to reduce friction:
A. retinaculum
B. bursae
C. synovial sheaths
D. fascia
B. bursae
Fluid-filled tubular sacs around muscle tendons that facilitate movement by reducing friction:
A. retinaculum
B. bursae
C. synovial sheaths
D. fascia
C. synovial sheaths
Fibrous sheet that envelops the body under the skin:
A. retinaculum
B. bursae
C. synovial tendon sheaths
D. fascia
D. fascia
A sheet of fibrous tissue that invests the muscles and helps support them by serving as an elastic sheath or stocking:
A. raphe
B. deep fascia
C. retinaculum
D. superficial fascia
B. deep fascia
